Other texts inform us that the opening month is Abib (see Exod. 13:4; 23:15; 34:18). In the later Jewish calendar from the Babylonian exile it is referred to as Nisan (Neh. 2:1; Esther 3:7). The new year generally corresponds to the months of March and April. 12:3. ‘Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, “On the tenth of this month, they shall take for themselves—a man shall take a lamb for his family, a lamb for his household.” ’ This is the first reference in the Bible to ‘the congregation
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